An International Comparison of Attitudes Toward Traditional and Modern Medicine in a Chinese and an American Clinic Setting

Table 2

Comparing attitudes toward allopathic and traditional treatments between countries.

	United States (ACTCM)		China (CDUTCM)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	𝑃^a
Perceived efficacy of AM	1.42	1.11	2.08	0.97	<.001
Perceived efficacy of TM	2.73	0.78	2.51	1.06	.178
Satisfaction with AM	1.35	1.05	1.84	0.75	<.001
Satisfaction with TM	3.33	0.63	2.59	0.77	<.001
Dissatisfaction AM—use TM	2.50	1.38	2.67	1.44	.173
Intention to use TM future	3.65	0.51	2.95	1.17	<.001

aMann-Whitney U-test.